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Indian Treaty of Greenville wikidata:Q117236696 reasonator:Q117236696
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Unknown author Unknown author
Title
Indian Treaty of Greenville
label QS:Len,"Indian Treaty of Greenville"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description

Painting of Indian Treaty of Greenville, 1795, done around the time. Note: Oil on canvas depiction of the Treaty of Greenville. The principal figures believed to be represented therein are General Anthony Wayne, the officer, front view, with epaulets on shoulders, standing near Chief Little Turtle. William Henry Harrison, a subordinate officer, standing to the right of General Wayne. Captain William Wells, the officer kneeling and acting as the interpreter and transcribing the Indian's speech. Little Turtle, the great Miami Chief, talking to General Wayne. Tarke the Crane, Wyandotte Chief, Priest and Keeper of the great Calumet, or Pipe of Peace. Woodland setting; river and mountains in the background. The Treaty of Greenville was the result of American victory over the Ohio Indian confederacy at the Battle of Fallen Timbers in northwestern Ohio in 1794. In the 1795 treaty, the American Indian confederation ceded much of Ohio and parts of Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan to the United States government.

  • Object Number: 1914.1, Image File Name: ICHi-64806, Chicago Historical Society.
  • Collection Number: SC 404, Image Number: AL00235
Date 1795
date QS:P571,+1795-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Notes This oil painting is believed to have been painted by an officer of General Anthony Wayne's staff.
Source/Photographer http://digitalcollection.chicagohistory.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p16029coll3/id/1660/rec/2

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